"Diana, Princess of Wales Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997), was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, the heir apparent to the British throne, and the mother of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. Diana was born into the Spencer family, a family of British nobility, and she was the youngest daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Althorp. She grew up in Park House, situated on the Sandringham estate, and was educated in England and Switzerland."
"a title not formally correct and one she never held. She is still sometimes referred to in the media as ""Lady Diana Spencer"" or simply as ""Lady Di"". In a speech after her death, then-Prime Minister Tony Blair referred to Diana as the ""People's Princess"". The Princess of Wales held the following military appointments: She gave up these appointments following her divorce. Diana was born into the British Spencer family, different branches of which hold the titles of Duke of Marlborough, Earl Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, and Baron Churchill of Whichwood. The Spencers claimed descent from a cadet branch of"
"glimpse of the couple en route to the ceremony. At the altar, Diana inadvertently reversed the order of Charles's first two names, saying ""Philip Charles"" Arthur George instead. She did not say that she would ""obey"" him; that traditional vow was left out at the couple's request, which caused some comment at the time. Diana wore a dress valued at £9,000 with a 25-foot (7.62-metre) train. After she became Princess of Wales, Diana automatically acquired rank as the third-highest female in the United Kingdom Order of Precedence (after the Queen and the Queen Mother), and was fifth or sixth in"
"In 1975, after her father inherited the title of Earl Spencer, she became known as Lady Diana Spencer. Diana came to prominence in February 1981 upon engagement to Prince Charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II. Their wedding took place at St Paul's Cathedral on 29 July 1981 and made her Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay, and Countess of Chester. The marriage produced two sons, the princes William and Harry, who were then respectively second and third in the line of succession to the British throne. As Princess of Wales, Diana undertook royal duties on"
"Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford (née Lady Diana Spencer; 31 July 1710 – 27 September 1735), was a member of the Spencer family known for the unsuccessful attempt of marriage with Frederick, Prince of Wales. Orphaned by the age of 6, Lady Diana, known by her family as ""dear little Di"", joined the household of her rich and ambitious maternal grandmother, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. She was her grandmother's favourite grandchild and closest confidante. The highly influential Duchess of Marlborough tried to arrange a secret marriage between Lady Diana and the Prince of Wales,"
"whose name was not chosen until a week after the birth. The infant was christened Diana, after the Duchess of Bedford. Unlike her ancestor, the 20th-century Lady Diana Spencer married her Prince of Wales, Charles, in 1981. She died in 1997, aged 36, a year after their divorce. Victoria Massey, biographer of the earlier Lady Diana Spencer, noted the similarities between the lives of the two namesakes: as children, they both lived at Althorp and socialised with royalty; both grew up without a mother from the age of six; both were proposed as a bride for a Prince of Wales;"
"Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes Cynthia Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes (née Spencer; born 11 February 1957) is one of the two older sisters of Diana, Princess of Wales, the other being Lady Sarah McCorquodale. Lady Fellowes is the second daughter of Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924–1992) and the Hon. Frances Ruth Burke Roche (1936–2004). Her parents married in 1954 but divorced in 1969. She has always used her middle name of Jane (just as her elder sister also uses one of her middle names). One of Jane's godparents is Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. She was a bridesmaid at"
"both had an accident during their first pregnancy; and both died unexpectedly at a young age. Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford Diana Russell, Duchess of Bedford (née Lady Diana Spencer; 31 July 1710 – 27 September 1735), was a member of the Spencer family known for the unsuccessful attempt of marriage with Frederick, Prince of Wales. Orphaned by the age of 6, Lady Diana, known by her family as ""dear little Di"", joined the household of her rich and ambitious maternal grandmother, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. She was her grandmother's favourite grandchild and closest confidante. The highly influential Duchess"
"Frances Shand Kydd Frances Ruth Shand Kydd (previously Spencer, ""née"" Roche; 20 January 1936 – 3 June 2004) was the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. As such, she was the maternal grandmother of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, respectively second and sixth in the line of succession to the British throne. Following her divorce from Viscount Althorp in 1969, and later Diana's death in 1997, Shand Kydd devoted the final years of her life to Roman Catholic charity work. She was born Frances Ruth Roche in Park House, on the royal estate at"
"Diana and Prince Charles. Katherine was probably born in 1452, in the one of the Fitzgerald castles. Katherine was the eldest of their daughters and their third child of the 7th Earl of Desmond by his wife. Her father, Thomas FitzGerald, the one of the most powerful men in Ireland, was Viceroy of Ireland in the reign of Edward IV ; after being the victim of the malice of the Queen Elizabeth Woodville, accordingly to have had an unfortunate speech in reference to her low birth, he was executed at Drogheda, on 15 February 1468. Her mother, Ellice Barry, secondly"
"were extensive after her death in a car crash in a Paris tunnel on 31 August 1997 and subsequent televised funeral. Diana Frances Spencer was born on 1 July 1961, in Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk. She was the fourth of five children of John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (1924–1992), and his first wife, Frances (née Roche; 1936–2004). The Spencer family has been closely allied with the British royal family for several generations; Diana's grandmothers had served as ladies-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. The Spencers were hoping for a boy to carry on the family line, and no name was"
"lived with her mother in London during her parents' separation in 1967, but during that year's Christmas holidays, Lord Althorp refused to let Diana return to London with Lady Althorp. Shortly afterwards he won custody of Diana with support from his former mother-in-law, Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy. In 1976, Lord Althorp married Raine, Countess of Dartmouth. Diana's relationship with her stepmother was particularly bad. She resented Raine, whom she called a ""bully"", and on one occasion Diana ""pushed her down the stairs"". She later described her childhood as ""very unhappy"" and ""very unstable, the whole thing"". Diana became known as"
"still technically the case, that a princess by marriage cannot be called Princess followed by her first name. Diana, Princess of Wales, was consistently referred to as ""Princess Diana"" by fans and the media but the use of this title is completely erroneous as she was not the child of a monarch nor the child of a son of a monarch. However, this tradition was broken once in the past century with Queen Elizabeth's aunt, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester being referred to in official sources as such following the death of her husband. The use of the titles prince"
"also called Diana. His first wife contested Poplar South in the 1935 general election, failing to be elected in what was a safe Labour seat. She contested Hull Central in the 1945 general election, again failing to be elected. His grandson Alexander James Spearman (born 1984) married in 2014 Princess Amelia of Orleans-Braganza, daughter of Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza. Alexander Spearman Sir Alexander Cadwallader Mainwaring Spearman (2 March 1901 – 5 April 1982) was a British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP). His father, who was a Commander in the Royal Navy and commanded a battalion of a Royal Naval Brigade"
"Scott Thomas, the niece of Admiral Sir Richard Thomas (who was Black Rod in the House of Lords), and a great-great-niece of Captain Scott, the ill-fated explorer who lost the race to the South Pole. Her surname is an amalgam of the surnames of those two families. The Scott Thomases also trace their lineage to Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, the owner of the famous Arabian horse Godolphin Barb. Scott Thomas is known for her portrayal of Diana, Princess of Wales, in the television mini-series """" (1993), and for playing the lead in the TV film ""Harnessing Peacocks"" (1993)"
"Maxine Riddington published a biographical book about her, entitled ""Frances: The Remarkable Story of Princess Diana's Mother"". Frances Shand Kydd Frances Ruth Shand Kydd (previously Spencer, ""née"" Roche; 20 January 1936 – 3 June 2004) was the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. As such, she was the maternal grandmother of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, respectively second and sixth in the line of succession to the British throne. Following her divorce from Viscount Althorp in 1969, and later Diana's death in 1997, Shand Kydd devoted the final years of her life to Roman"
"Eye, and the Trafalgar Square fountains, on 3 May, followed by gun salutes at Hyde Park and the Tower of London on 4 May. Later that day, her name was announced as Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, with her two middle names being chosen in honour of her great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II and paternal grandmother Diana, Princess of Wales. On 5 July 2015, Princess Charlotte was baptised by the Archbishop of Canterbury at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham. Her godparents are her parents' cousins The Honorable Laura Pettman and Adam Middleton, and family friends Thomas van Straubenzee, James Meade, and Sophie Carter."
"II) through their respective fathers Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, who were brothers. Oxenberg was educated at St. Paul's School, Harvard University, and Columbia University. Oxenberg made her acting debut in the 1982 made-for-television film ""The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana"", in which she played Diana, Princess of Wales. In 1984, Oxenberg joined the hit ABC prime time soap opera ""Dynasty"" — then at its height of popularity — in the role of Amanda Carrington, the second daughter of Blake Carrington (John Forsythe) and Alexis Colby (Joan Collins). Oxenberg left ""Dynasty"""
"son Charles. John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer Edward John ""Johnnie"" Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, (24 January 1924 – 29 March 1992), styled Viscount Althorp until June 1975, was a British peer and nobleman. He was the father of Diana, Princess of Wales. This makes him the maternal grandfather of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, respectively second and sixth in the line of succession to the British throne. Lord Spencer was born Edward John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, the son of Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, on 24 January 1924. He was educated at Eton, the"
"Diana Prince Princess Diana is a fictional character appearing regularly in stories published by DC Comics, as the secret identity of the Amazonian superhero Wonder Woman, who bought the credentials and identity from a United States Army nurse named Diana Prince who went to South America and married her fiancé to become Diana White. The character debuted in ""Sensation Comics"" #1 (January 1942) and was created by Charles Moulton and H. G. Peter. The fictional career of Diana Prince evolved over the years, from the original Army nurse to becoming a military intelligence officer (promoted to higher ranks), then later"
"2013, the titles are in abeyance once more. On 15 November 1952, Lady Diana married Robert Miller (d. 1990, in an automobile accident in Harare) and they had two daughters - who are now co-heiresses to the baronies - Marcia Anne (born 21 June 1954) and Beatrix Diana (born 23 August 1955). When pregnant with her second child, Lady Diana rejected her baby daughter and put her up for adoption. The baby was adopted by Moira Lycett and her husband Michael, who changed her name to Anthea. Then in August 1958, when Moira Lycett and Anthea were flying to London"
"Lady Diana Beauclerk Lady Diana Beauclerk (née Lady Diana Spencer; other married name Diana St John, Viscountess Bolingbroke) (24 March 1734–1 August 1808) was an English noblewoman and artist. She was born into the Spencer family as the daughter of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706–1758) and the Honourable Elizabeth Trevor (d. 1761). Her siblings were George, Charles, and Elizabeth. She was raised at Langley Park, Buckinghamshire, where she was introduced to art at an early age. Joshua Reynolds, an artist, was a family friend. She married Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke (1734–1787) in 1757. From 1762–1768 she"
"Lady Diana Beauclerk Lady Diana Beauclerk (née Lady Diana Spencer; other married name Diana St John, Viscountess Bolingbroke) (24 March 1734–1 August 1808) was an English noblewoman and artist. She was born into the Spencer family as the daughter of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough (1706–1758) and the Honourable Elizabeth Trevor (d. 1761). Her siblings were George, Charles, and Elizabeth. She was raised at Langley Park, Buckinghamshire, where she was introduced to art at an early age. Joshua Reynolds, an artist, was a family friend. She married Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke (1734–1787) in 1757. From 1762–1768 she"
"29 April 2011, and that of his brother Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on 19 May 2018, at which she delivered a reading. Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes Cynthia Jane Fellowes, Baroness Fellowes (née Spencer; born 11 February 1957) is one of the two older sisters of Diana, Princess of Wales, the other being Lady Sarah McCorquodale. Lady Fellowes is the second daughter of Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924–1992) and the Hon. Frances Ruth Burke Roche (1936–2004). Her parents married in 1954 but divorced in 1969. She has always used her middle name of Jane (just as her elder"
"have been used to allow Diana some escape from her more recognized role as Diana Themyscira and Wonder Woman. Diana Prince Princess Diana is a fictional character appearing regularly in stories published by DC Comics, as the secret identity of the Amazonian superhero Wonder Woman, who bought the credentials and identity from a United States Army nurse named Diana Prince who went to South America and married her fiancé to become Diana White. The character debuted in ""Sensation Comics"" #1 (January 1942) and was created by Charles Moulton and H. G. Peter. The fictional career of Diana Prince evolved over"
"Charlotte. She was born into the Spencer family as the daughter of Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough and the Honourable Elizabeth Trevor. Diana had married in 1757 as her first husband Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke. This marriage, which gave her two sons, was unhappy and her husband was notoriously unfaithful. In February 1768 he petitioned for divorce on grounds of adultery (""criminal conversation""). The petition required an act of parliament, which was passed the next month. Soon thereafter she married Beauclerk. They had four children together: From 1772-1776 he lived at 3 Adelphi Terrace. Beauclerk died at"
"and Princess of Wales (her maternal uncle and aunt), Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (her maternal aunt), the Duchess of Cambridge (her great-grandaunt), the Tsesarevich and Tsesarevna of Russia, and Princess Anna of Prussia. Her mother gave her the nickname of ""Sunny"", due to her cheerful disposition, a practice later picked up by her husband. Her British relatives gave her the nickname of ""Alicky"" in order to distinguish her from her aunt-by-marriage, the Princess of Wales (and later Queen of the United Kingdom), who, while having the given name Alexandra, was known within the family as Alix. Alix's haemophiliac"
"She became a Danish citizen on her wedding day. She also changed her religious affiliation. Alexandra, an Anglican, received instruction in the Evangelical Lutheran faith and was confirmed prior to her wedding. Prince Joachim and Princess Alexandra have two children from their former marriage: Alexandra became popular with the Danish people. Known for her fashion sense and charity work, she was dubbed the Diana of the North. She is a native English and German speaker (through her father and mother, respectively), and her fluency in German helped her pick up the Danish language quickly. Within a few months she spoke"
"her in the spirit world."" Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencer Cynthia Ellinor Beatrix Spencer, Countess Spencer (""née"" Hamilton; 16 August 1897 – 4 December 1972) was a British peeress and the paternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales. She was the daughter of James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton, later 3rd Duke of Abercorn (30 November 1869 – 12 September 1953) and Lady Rosalind Cecilia Caroline Bingham (26 February 1869 – 18 January 1958). Her maternal grandparents were Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan and Lady Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox, a daughter of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond and Lady Caroline Paget."
"his former girlfriend Camilla Parker Bowles, and Diana began one with Major James Hewitt, the family's former riding instructor. Their evident discomfort in each other's company led to them being dubbed ""The Glums"" by the press. Diana exposed Charles's affair with Camilla in a book by Andrew Morton, ""Diana, Her True Story"". Audio tapes of her own extramarital flirtations also surfaced. Persistent suggestions that Hewitt is Prince Harry's father have been based on a physical similarity between Hewitt and Harry. However, Harry had already been born by the time Diana's affair with Hewitt began. In December 1992, British Prime Minister"
"mother was the pianist Evelyn Suart. She had an older brother, also Gerard, and a younger sister, Griselda. Her father was of Irish descent but had been brought up in Paris; and her mother had studied in Brussels and Paris. Consequently, Diana was imbued with French culture and language from an early age. Her father died of typhoid fever in 1916, when Diana was aged only three. In 1920, when she was seven, her mother married again, to Cecil Harcourt, a naval officer who eventually became Second Sea Lord and was knighted as Admiral Sir Cecil Harcourt in 1945. Diana"
"""Lady"" Diana after her father later inherited the title of Earl Spencer in 1975, at which point her father moved the entire family from Park House to Althorp, the Spencer seat in Northamptonshire. Diana was initially home-schooled under the supervision of her governess, Gertrude Allen. She began her formal education at Silfield Private School in Gayton, Norfolk, and moved to Riddlesworth Hall School, an all-girls boarding school near Thetford, when she was nine. She joined her sisters at West Heath Girls' School in Sevenoaks, Kent, in 1973. She did not shine academically, failing her O-levels twice. Her outstanding community spirit"
"as Baron Fellowes, of Shotesham in the County of Norfolk, after first being knighted as Sir Robert Fellowes. Lord and Lady Fellowes have three children and four grandchildren: These children are maternal first cousins of Prince William and Prince Harry. Laura is godmother to Prince William's daughter, Princess Charlotte. Lady Diana Spencer came up to Scotland in the summer of 1980 to help with her sister's newborn daughter, Laura Jane and, during that time, was allegedly courted by the Prince of Wales. After Diana's death, conflicting views about the two sisters' relationship were voiced. Diana's butler Paul Burrell stated that"